Former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde on Sunday advocated for "inclusive politics", strongly condemning divisive caste-based attacks and discrimination, reported news agency PTI.

In an apparent reference to the murder of Beed sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh on 9 December, which caused nationwide outrage and sparked a bitter political dispute, Munde claimed that he and his Vanjari community were "maligned for 200 days".

Santosh Deshmukh, the sarpanch of Massajog in Beed, was abducted, tortured, and murdered on 9 December last year for opposing an extortion attempt on a firm involved in a windmill project in the area.